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Uganda Arrests Kampala Bombing 'Masterminds'

   VOA News 12 August 2010
   (L-R)  Isah Luyima, Mugisha Muhamood, Haruna Luyima and Edrisa Nsubuga
   who are being held as suspects in 11 July twin bombings in Kampala, 12
   Aug 2010.

Photo: AP

   (L-R)  Isah Luyima, Mugisha Muhamood, Haruna Luyima and Edrisa Nsubuga
   who are being held as suspects in 11 July twin bombings in Kampala, 12
   Aug 2010.

   Investigators  in Uganda say they have arrested the masterminds behind
   the twin bomb attacks last month that killed 76 people in Kampala. Â
   The  four Ugandan men admitted their involvement in the attacks during
   a news conference Thursday.  The bombings targeted a restaurant and a
   club where people had gathered to watch the World Cup football final.
   The  leader  of  the attackers said he wanted to kill Americans out of
   religious  conviction.   He  said  he  was a member of al-Shabab, the
   AL-Qaida  linked  militant  group which claimed responsibility for the
   double suicide blasts. Â
   Authorities  in  Uganda  and  Kenya  have already detained a number of
   other  people they believe were connected to the bombings.  Late last
   month,  a  Ugandan court charged three people after arresting about 20
   others in connection with the attacks.  Â
   Somali  militant  group  al-Shabab had never mounted a major terrorist
   attack outside Somalia. Â
   The  group  said it was avenging the deaths of Somali civilians at the
   hands  of  the  African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia.  Ugandan
   troops  make  up  the  bulk  of  that force, which supports the Somali
   government.  Al-Shabab has warned that more attacks will follow.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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